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Regarding Litigants and Facebook By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, July 2020 A look at the issues that arise when judges have litigants or lawyers who appear before them as friends on Facebook.
1 comment (Most recent July 21, 2020)
Letter to the Editor Re: Rules of Professional Conduct By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, September 2019 A discussion on the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 7.1, Communications Concerning a Lawyer's Services.
May a Guardian Ad Litem Under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act File Pleadings? By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, August 2019 Guardians ad litem have the right and the duty to file pleadings to protect the interest of the ward.
Orders of Protection Cases Often Involve Surprises By Gary L. Schlesinger & Rachael Bernal Civil Practice and Procedure, August 2019 It is going to be exceedingly easy now for respondents in order of protection cases to be blindsided or have to defend things that are not specified in a petition if those items testified to fall within section 214 of the Domestic Violence Act.
Guardian ad litem negligence By Gary L. Schlesinger & Rachael Bernal Civil Practice and Procedure, September 2018 In the recent case Nichols v. Fahrenkamp, the fifth appellate district decided a case involving negligence of a guardian ad litem in probate court.
Orders of protection cases often involve surprises By Gary L. Schlesinger & Rachael Bernal Civil Practice and Procedure, September 2018 If items not specified in a petition for an order of protection fall within section 214 of the Domestic Violence Act, respondents will be at a disadvantage in attempting to fashion a defense.
1 comment (Most recent October 3, 2018)
Is hearsay a pleading objection? By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, July 2017 The procedure of objecting to a statement of fact in a pleading on the grounds of inadmissible hearsay is neither appropriate nor sanctioned by Illinois law.
Obtaining attorney fees in voluntary lawyer program cases By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, July 2017 There are several cases in Illinois dealing with legal services’ attorneys collecting fees for representing legal services’ clients from an opposing client who has paid his or her own attorney.
Recent case concerning contempt By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, March 2017 An examination of Knoll v. Coyne.
Recent case concerning contempt By Gary L. Schlesinger Bench and Bar, January 2017 The lesson from Knoll v. Coyne is that if one is seeking indirect civil contempt, one must tell the court what the purge should be. If the purpose of the contempt is punishment for violating a court order, that is criminal contempt and all the constitutional rights of a criminal defendant apply.
Recent cases concerning contempt By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, December 2016 A look at the recent case of Knoll v. Coyne.

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